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The tree is a good bearer ; but unless grown against a wall, or in a 

 warm situation, the fruit is apt to be crisp or only half melting. Mr. 

 Blackmore says that at Teddington it is as hard as an apple. 



This, which is generally supposed to have been a seedling of Van Mons, was 

 found a wilding at Apremont, in the Haute Soane, and was dedicated to M. Bosc, 

 the eminent Director of the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. 



BEURRE BRETONNEAU (Bretonneau; Calebasse d'Hiver; Dr. 

 Bretonneau}. Fruit, large ; more or less pyriform. Skin, rough, with 

 brown russet, which considerably covers the greenish yellow ground, 

 and sometimes with a brownish red on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 uneven, set in a moderately deep basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, and when it ripens crisp, juicy, and well flavoured. 



A late dessert pear ; in use from March till May, but it rarely ripens 

 except in very warm summers, and when it does the flesh is generally 

 crisp, or at best only half melting. Mr. Blackmore says it never 

 ripens at Teddington. 



Raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, and dedicated to Dr. Bretonneau, an 

 eminent physician at Tours, who died in 1862. 



BEURRE BRONZE. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters long, and two inches and a half wide ; roundish turbinate or 

 Bergamot-shaped. Skin, yellowish green, almost entirely covered with 

 bronzy brown russet, marked with a blush of dull red next the sun. 

 Eye, small, open, set in an even and rather deep basin. Stalk, three- 

 quarters of an inch long, set in a wide cavity, and surrounded with a 

 fleshy ring. Flesh, white, tinged with green, tender, buttery, and melt- 

 ing, with a rich vinous and sugary flavour. 



An excellent pear, ripening from October to January. The tree is 

 vigorous and hardy, a good bearer, succeeds well as a standard, and 

 may be grown advantageously on the quince. Mr. Blackmore says it 

 never ripens at Teddington. 



BEURRE BURNICQ. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a 

 quarter wide, and nearly three inches high ; obovate. Skin, rough, 

 from a covering of thick russet, and strewed with grey specks, but dis- 

 playing patches and mottles of the yellow ground colour, especially on 

 the shaded side. Eye, quite open, with erect, acute segments, set in a 

 saucer-like depression. Stalk, half an inch long, fleshy at the base, 

 and inserted on the end of the fruit without depression, inserted in a 

 small cavity. Flesh, greenish white, buttery, and melting, with a 

 powerful aroma. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in the end of October. 



BEURRE DE CAEN. Fruit, long, pyriform, of the shape of 

 Bishop's Thumb. Skin, very much covered with brown russet, show- 

 ing here and there a little of the yellow ground colour. Eye, small 

 and open. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, set on the apex of the 

 fruit. Flesh, coarse-grained, and not of remarkable flavour. 



